Eulogy on King Philip

by William Apess

Book Overview

In the heart of New England, on the doorsteop of the Pilgrim founding fathers, William Apess delivered this eulogy honoring their greatest enemy, Metacomet of the Wampanoags, known as King Philip, who led a coalition of Native peoples that came close to destroying the whole English colonial enterprise in 1675-76. In 1836, one hundred sixty years later, Apess chose to re-examine the circumstances of King Philip's life and death, and pronounced him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609622545
• ISBN13: 9781609622541
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 4.3" x 7.0"